Trailer Life and Motorhome Forums-Why Not?
I would like to see forums added here for Trailer Life and Motorhome. This is easily accomplished and at little cost to GSE. The lack of these forums is interesting since it is the only part of ...
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I've tried to view the OP's suggestion without being influenced by the possible shrillness of his other thread. As a result, I'd like to suggest that there are 2 possible reasons for a TL/MH forum -- in the same group as the other "Dear Marcus" forums:
1. Circulation concerns: Just like the various innumerable posts on the GS Club forum ("My membership card hasn't arrived ...", etc.), there's a potential concern that missing issues might need a place to be reported.
My concern with this one is whether such individual problems really need to be reported & potentially discussed to death in a public forum. A well-designed web page to enter circulation concerns would usually achieve the same purpose.
2. Editorial issues: Some readers may wish to voice their concerns about issue content in a more public forum than merely the editor's selection of letters that fit the space or the planned content of the 2 month later issue. This would allow for more immediate and more visible feedback among a group of clearly more RV-oriented members than comments on a Facebook page or Twitter feed.
As a former journalist and editor in a far younger life (before social media), the volume of posts possible in such a forum might easily exceed my time and patience; how this is managed with the speed of today's social media, I have no idea.
1. Circulation concerns: Just like the various innumerable posts on the GS Club forum ("My membership card hasn't arrived ...", etc.), there's a potential concern that missing issues might need a place to be reported.
My concern with this one is whether such individual problems really need to be reported & potentially discussed to death in a public forum. A well-designed web page to enter circulation concerns would usually achieve the same purpose.
2. Editorial issues: Some readers may wish to voice their concerns about issue content in a more public forum than merely the editor's selection of letters that fit the space or the planned content of the 2 month later issue. This would allow for more immediate and more visible feedback among a group of clearly more RV-oriented members than comments on a Facebook page or Twitter feed.
As a former journalist and editor in a far younger life (before social media), the volume of posts possible in such a forum might easily exceed my time and patience; how this is managed with the speed of today's social media, I have no idea.
